CVE-2017-8528

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-06-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Uniscribe in Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, and Microsoft Office 2010 SP2 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Uniscribe Remote Code Execution Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-0283.

Affected products

Microsoft Office: 2007-sp3, 2010-sp2
Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98949
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8528
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98949
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8528

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